BERLIN (AA) - German police have apprehended a gunman who took a person hostage at a Starbucks coffee shop in the southwestern city of Ulm on Friday.
"At 8.20 p.m local time, the armed male perpetrator left the building with a hostage and tried to flee the scene," Ulm police said in a statement.
"The police responded with firearms. The perpetrator was arrested. The hostage was unharmed," the police said.
The motive behind the gunman's actions was not immediately clear.